Asian/Asian American Adoption and Identity

Please find some of our best articles, essays and reviews on this topic.

For more topics and articles, check out our full listing on our Resource Library.

The myth of the “model minority" can mask the challenges of growing up Asian in America. These articles include information about Asian placement, stories of Asian birth parents, adoptees and adoptive parents, as well as information about healthy self-esteem and suggestions for how to support adopted Asian children and youth, whether they are adopted domestically or internationally. Topics include Asian exoticism, “positive" stereotypes, and book reviews.

If you prefer, you can use our Library Search Tool to search by title or author. All the material in this section is copyrighted by Pact; for permission to reproduce or re-post it, please contact us at education@pactadopt.org.

• A Long Journey Home
  by Molly McCullough (2008 | 351 KB | )
  
• Adoption Milestones
  by Susan Soon-keum Cox (2000 | 69 KB | )
  
• Adoption, Race and Where’s the Hairbrush?
  by Lisa Lerner (2008 | 117 KB | )
  
• Attachment in International Adoption
  by Susan Soon-keum Cox (2000 | 70 KB | )
  
• Black, White Asian Moving Beyond Our Own Racial Boundaries
  by Amy Klatzkin (2005 | 92 KB | )
  
• Book Review: Daughter of the Ganges
  by Asha Miro (2008 | 434 KB | )
  
• Book Review: Happy Family
  by Wendy Lee (2008 | 406 KB | )
  
• Book Review: Lucky Girl
  by Mei-Ling Hopgood (2010 | 183 KB | )
  
• Book Review: Once They Hear My Name: Korean Adoptees and Their Journey
  by Marilyn Lammert, Ellen Lee and Mary Anne Hess (2009 | 406 KB | )
  
• Book Review: Slant
  by Laura Williams (2010 | 361 KB | )
  
• Book Review: We See The Moon
  by Carrie Kitze (2003 | 76 KB | )
  
• Book Review: You’re Not My REAL Mother!
  by Molly Friedrich (2005 | 83 KB | )
  
• Building Racial Identity - The Challenge of Religion
  by Beth Hall and Gail Steinberg (1997 | 116 KB | )
  
• Coming Full Circle, Becoming a Parent
  by Hollee McGinnis (aka Lee Hwa Yeong) (2009 | 114 KB | )
  
• Dealing with Racism
  by Beth Hall (2012 | 0 KB | )
  
• Dealing with Racism: Perspective of a White Transracial Adoptive Parent
  by Beth Hall (2012 | 163 KB | )
  
• Family Stories: Surprise Adoption
  by Jill Rege (2008 | 956 KB | )
  
• Film Reviews: Adopted & We Can Do Better
  by Pact (2009 | 253 KB | )
  
• Film Review: Wo Ai Ni Mommy
  by Michele Rabkin (2010 | 115 KB | )
  
• Hambun-Hambun
  by Susan Ito (1995 | 339 KB | )
  
• Issues for Asians in America
  by Katherine Kam (1992 | 92 KB | )
  
• Latino and Asian Children in White Homes
  by Beth Hall and Gail Steinberg (1995 | 116 KB | )
  
• Never
  by Ellwyn Kauffman (2010 | 304 KB | )
  
• Pact Camp Offers Parenting Insights FCC Northern California, Summer 2006
  by Annie Stuart (2006 | 66 KB | )
  
• Perspective From a Young Korean American
  by David Kim (1998 | 114 KB | )
  
• Racial Politics The ?Business? of Domestic Private Adoption
  by Beth Hall, Joe Kroll and Ruth McRoy (2010 | 308 KB | )
  
• Searching for Me
  by Lynne Connor (2008 | 114 KB | )
  
• Teen Corner: Mission Possible
  by Rabia Cons (2008 | 83 KB | )
  
• The Name Game
  by Jae Ran Kim (2007 | 327 KB | )
  

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